Opening Eyes Opening Minds Opening Hearts

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Opening Eyes Opening Minds Opening Hearts
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International Values Real Skills, Real Benefits
for the Real World
Kevin Morley UWCSEA kmo_at_uwcsea.edu.sg
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IB Learner Profile

• The aim of all IB programmes
• Is to develop internationally
• minded people who,
• recognizing their common
• humanity and shared
• guardianship of the planet,
• help to create a better
• and more peaceful world.

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Internationalist values in the IBO student profile

• Knowledgeable
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Balanced
• Reflective

• Inquirers
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Risk-takers

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UWC Mission Statement

• The United World College Movement makes
  education a force
• to unite people, nations and cultures for
  peace and a sustainable
• future.
• We educate individuals to take responsibility
  for shaping
• a better world.
• the implementation of ideals through action

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DP Students

• Interpersonal skills
• Internationalist values
• Motivated, enthusiastic
• Sense of social justice
• Committed to making a difference

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Skills developed as preparation for 3YO

• Leadership

Interpersonal
Organisational
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The Spread of English
Inner circle e.g. USA, UK, Australia
Expanding circle e.g. Singapore, India, Kenya 350
- 500 million
Outer circle e.g. China, Thailand, Cambodia 100
1,000 million
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Potential audience for ELT in the region
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UWCSEA Staff involvement with ELT Training

• ELT Skills
• Department
• Service

3YO Thailand Cambodia 1
Kenya Cambodia 2 Aceh
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UWCSEA students as potential English Language
teachers

• Educated in English
• High proportion of bilingual students
• Linguistic awareness
• Communication skills
• Self-confidence
• Skilled?
• Able to implement these ideals through action and
  personal example? 

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ELT Opportunities for students at UWCSEA

• Global Concerns Social Service Project Week
• Initiative for Peace 3YO Gap Year

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But

• Project week
• Teaching English
• Student Film
• Who teaches whom?
• Who benefits?

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But what about the implementation?

• Strong desire to contribute to the education of
  target communities
• Lack of specific skills in order to make useful
  contributions.
• Frustration What to do?
• Wallflower syndrome
• http//www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml
  /global/2006/08/16/ngap16.xml
• may be doing more harm than good
• "charity tourism".
• They could actually leave their destinations in
  a worse state than before they arrived.
• Are young people making any long-term difference
  to the communities they are working in?
• We would not expect young untrained people to
  come here and teach our children. So why do
• we send untrained people to other countries to
  teach English?
• People .have to be aware that whatever they do
  has an impact on the country they go to."

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Desire to care vs. ability to care
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What is required?

• ELT Teacher training
• Taster Course
• Full course

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Organisation Taster course

• Home made
• Geared to 1st year DP students
• Basic teaching skills
• Input from 3YO
• x3 per year
• 6 sessions _at_1.5 hours
• Basic teaching educational concepts

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Demand for Taster Course

• Taster course
• Social service
• Project Week
• 60 applicants for short course
• Two groups
• Open to all
• Voluntary
• Attendance record criteria for selection for
  full course

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Full course

• Joint Venture
• UWCSEA
• Professional ELT training body

International standing Formal certification/accre
ditation High validity
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Training - Theory
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Some Course Content

• Teaching English to Speakers of
• Other Languages
• Before the how we need to think
• about the context of learning
• 1. Who and Where
• 2. When
• 3. Teaching conditions
• 4. Reasons for learning
• Nevertheless there are underlying
• principals common to all context
• Need to adapt principals to context

• Context of Learning
• Big picture Who and Where
• When frequency, duration and length of English
  lessons
• Conditions for teaching and learning English
• Reasons for learning English

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Some Course Content

• 3a. Teaching conditions

3b. Resources classroom layout
High tech Low tech No tech
Size of class Classroom furniture Flexibility of
classroom Disturbance factors Distance from
resources
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Training Practice
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A Wider Context

• Professional development with local teachers
• Developing ELT syllabus at local level
• Primary
• Secondary
• Syllabi used in training course
• Materials development
• Content of the English course

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Beyond initial training

• 3YO supervision
• Professional Guidance
• Visits
• Set up
• Progress
• Troubleshooting
• On line help

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Typical

• hi Kevin
• Things at XXX have been going well considering
  the many factors working against our establishing
  some sense of routine in regards to teachers/
  classes / students all being at the same place at
  the same time
• but it has been going well and I am really loving
  the teaching process
• '...I've been working with a small group of
  intermediates mostly this past week
• , our group's main point of anxiety is just HOW
  to go about preparing the intermediate group for
  their exam in November
• we've had some difficulty in getting them onto a
  sound schedule that we feel will prepare them
  fully for the writing skills test they're are
  going to take.
• If you could offer any . guidance it would be
  greatly appreciated  
• hope things are well with you, thanks again for
  all your help and support

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Other potential areas for teaching

• Sports Youth leadership Maths
• Music Drama Art

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Benefits of Training

• Inquirers
• Knowledgeable
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Risk-takers
• Balanced
• Reflective
• Able to implement these ideals through action and
  personal example

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IBO Diploma Relevance

• Knowing languages vs. knowing about languages
• 'Language Studies/ Linguistics
• Group 3 subject
• Alongside Sociology Psychology Philosophy
• Separate to the demands of Group 1 2
• Develop a body of linguistic
• Sociolinguistics
• Psycholinguistics
• Language Development in Children
• Global Languages and Language Death
• Semantics
• Complement Social Service and Gap Year
  programmes in IB
• schools where students might be asked to teach
  languages